Best luxury hotels in the Seychelles according to Forbes Travel Guide

Forbes Travel Guide is the only independent global system that analyzes the performance of real estate on all criteria. It is a team of anonymous inspectors for an absolutely objective ranking of the best luxury hotels, restaurants, spas and cruise ships. Check out the activities of 6 luxury resorts in the Seychelles, which in 2025 were awarded by Forbes Travel Guide for many evaluation criteria.

Mango House Seychelles, LXR Hotels & Resorts

Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island

In the list of winners of the Forbes Travel Guide 2025 award. Waldorf Astoria Seychelles offers unrivaled service, luxurious accommodation and all kinds of activities guarantee a unique luxury vacation experience and unforgettable experiences. Platt Island is a secluded coral paradise with snow-white coasts, located 119 kilometers from the main island of Mahe.

Resort infrastructure and offers:

• 50 exclusive villas. These are spacious rooms with a secluded atmosphere, elegant amenities, a large patio and a private pool. Each villa overlooks its own garden and has direct access to the beach.
• 6 restaurants and bars. Among them is the exquisite international cuisine restaurant Moulins soil-to-soul, as well as the authentic Maison des Epices with a vibrant Creole-Latin fusion menu. Also at the resort you can have a delicious time in the sushi bar by the pool or order lunch at the villa.
• Waldorf Astoria offers personalized wellness programs, modern and traditional therapies, face and body treatments, and restorative spa rituals.
• A variety of leisure activities: Creole cooking lessons, diving, snorkeling, wildlife walks at dawn, yoga at sunset, coconut painting, wine tasting in the ocean and many other options.

Waldorf Astoria Seychelles Platte Island

Four Seasons Resort Seychelles

A secluded resort with a magnificent sea panorama, built on a hill off the coast of the island of Mahe. Four Seasons Resort Seychelles is built into a horseshoe-shaped rock surrounding the bay of Anse la Liberté. An incredible place inspired by nature itself. Luxury, integrated into the environment villas stand above each other so that you can see the ocean on top of the treetops, and a vast white sand beach – all this creates conditions for an unforgettable holiday in the Seychelles.

For convenience, hotel guests are provided with buggies for moving around the hilly terrain. It is easy to get down to the snow-white beach. It offers free kayaking and snorkeling, for exploring the crystal clear bay, as well as fishing excursions and boat trips.

Infrastructure and service:

• Luxury villas with unforgettable views. The highlight of the rooms are bathrooms with recessed baths near glass walls facing the ocean.
• Three restaurants and two bars, organizing dinners under the stars on the terrace of your villa.
• The elite Le Syel Spa on the top of the hill, with outdoor treatment rooms.
• A wide range of excursions and romantic events according to individual preferences, for example, dinner on the beach in the sunset, breakfast in the pool, romantic cruises.
• A variety of leisure in land - beach volleyball to golf by the sea.
• Fun events at the Kids For All Seasons free children's club.

Four Seasons Resort Seychelles

Four Seasons Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island

The private island of Deroche, which is 45 minutes from Mahe, is home to the second luxury resort from Four Seasons in the Seychelles. A unique opportunity for solitude among Seychelles nature. It is the only hotel on 933 acres, a luxurious paradise for those who want to enjoy exceptional service conditions of absolute serenity. Here you can enjoy the coast for hours, because its length is about 14 kilometers! Just you, the ocean and the jungle of Seychelles Island!

• Beach bungalows and spacious villas overlooking the crystal waters and green landscapes. There are 71 rooms on the island.
• Activate for every taste - kayaking, paddleboarding, snorkeling and even training in a turtle greenhouse on the hotel grounds.
• Extensive culinary diversity in 6 restaurants on the island. Mediterranean, Japanese and international cuisine in different interpretations.
• Large infinity pool overlooking the ocean.
• Modern spa complex with branded restoration rituals and service professional therapists.
• Among the sea adventures are snorkeling, kayaking, diving, deep-sea fishing and sunset cruises.

Four Seasons Resort Seychelles at Desroches Island

Raffles Seychelles

Raffles combines elegant luxury and the rich nature of Praslin Island. Impeccable service and privacy for discerning travelers. The highlight of the resort - villas on the hill, surrounded by dense green gardens and stunning species. No less pleasant addition to the general background are luxurious interiors of rooms, culinary diversity, an elegant spa center with a panorama of the ocean.

• Each of the resort's 86 villas is equipped with its own small pool overlooking the ocean and the surrounding hills.
• 4 restaurants and bars, as well as organizing private dinners. Don't miss the abundance of seafood at the exquisite Curieuse restaurant. The popular Losean restaurant on the island offers breakfast and dinner on the menu.
• A large open communal pool with a recreation area, a private beach with a natural shadow of dense tropics, surrounded by Seychelles granite boulders that have become the hallmark of the islands.
• Extensive offers of a modern spa complex, which is located near the palm beach of Ans Takamaka. Individual recovery programs, branded care procedures and a fitness room.
• Excellent snorkeling, excursions to neighboring islands, visiting marine reserves.
• Children's club Sugar Palm, with creative master classes and educational programs.

Raffles Seychelles

Six Senses Zil Pasyon

Luxury eco-resort brand Six Senses, surrounded by giant granite boulders of the private island of Felicite. Incredibly rich flora and fauna, only one hotel on the island and its first-class service create ideal opportunities for an exclusive holiday in the Seychelles, in the most private environment.

At the resort:

• Luxury private villas in Creole style, with its own swimming pools, panoramic bathrooms, large terraces, fabulous views of the lush tropics and the ocean.
• Six Senses Spa offers treatments in African traditions, as well as a spectacular location among granite boulders. The authentic complex has five private pavilions for treatments, a salt water pool and a yoga pavilion.
• A unique culinary experience at the Ocean Kitchen restaurant, with a variety of seafood dishes, original combinations and an open kitchen where you can watch the work of the chef and his team. In addition, there are European, Asian, African menus of the Island Café restaurant.
• Open-air cinema evenings at Cinema Paradiso, private dinners, a wide range of leisure activities - from hiking trails around the island to water sports

Six Senses Zil Pasyon

Mango House Seychelles, LXR Hotels & Resorts

Another Seychelles resort hotel that confidently recommends the Forbes Travel Guide to travelers is the stylish Mango House - a decoration of the south coast of Mahe. This corner at one time created the world-famous fashion photographer Gian Paolo Barbieri. The hotel is located in the secluded Anse Aux Poules Bleues Bay. It is a shallow coast with an incredible variety of tropical nature on land and in the ocean.

Hotel infrastructure and offers:

• 41 rooms and suite in Creole style, with beds under canopies, natural furniture and finishes, a beautiful view from the balcony or terrace. Residences on the coast are equipped with private pools.
• 5 restaurants and bars. Branded buffet breakfasts at Muse Restaurant, sushi and meat at Azido, original Creole cuisine at Moutya Restaurant.
• Three outdoor communal pools - overlooking the bay, a pool by the bar and a pool with a wooden terrace for sunbathing.
• A chic spa with idyllic furnishings, effective restoration and ocean views.

Mango House Seychelles, LXR Hotels & Resorts